Standing on the training ground, Hugh Jackman couldn't help but be amazed as he watched the dazzling fighting scenes in front of him.

He knew that Levy specially invited the action director of the Matrix to serve as a martial arts instructor for this movie. It's just that the style of the Matrix is completely different from the X-Men in his opinion, as a martial arts instructor, will these Hong Kong people be able to know about this movie? Hugh Jackman was also skeptical. It's just that, looking at the few people in front of him now, they are advancing and retreating like the wind, and they are fighting accurately, Hugh Jackman can't help but be a little surprised: these people's fighting styles are completely different from those in the Matrix, they are really guided by the same person?

It's really incredible. And these should be considered the category of kung fu, right? Do you want to learn these things yourself? Can you learn it yourself?

"Nick, are you going to train me to be a master?" Hugh Jackman looked at the scene in front of him and was a little worried, "Can I really play these well?" ”

"Don't worry, it's just a show. And I asked Master Yuan, 70%-90% of the fight scenes are all done by stand-ins, there are not many places you need to fight, don't stress too much. Levy laughed.

Levy said, turning his gaze to the side. Standing beside him is the movie's martial arts instructor Yuan Baye. Hearing Levy's words, he also nodded, signaling to Jackman not to worry.

"Only that?" Hugh Jackman asked rhetorically in surprise.

"Mr. Jackman, you can't play more parts," Yuan Baye answered, he thought that Jackman was not at ease with the movie scenes, and he also had to explain, "The martial arts scenes are not easy to act, and many actions have to be practiced for a long time, so you don't have that time." And it's easy to get hurt when you play these, and the crew won't let you play more scenes. You can rest assured. I brought these action doubles from Hong Kong, and many of them have learned these since they were young, and they know very well how to make movies, and I will tell them how to shoot them, and after editing, the scene is absolutely fine, and no one can see that it is a stand-in. ”

"I'm not worried about that, I believe in your strength, I mean......" Jackman paused, "I've seen Bruce Lee's movies. I always thought that kung fu movies had to be really good at kung fu...... Does he also use so many stand-ins? ”

"A movie is a movie, not a martial art." Yuan Baye laughed, "The key to acting in kung fu movies is to be able to act, not to fight." Bruce Lee has to use a stand-in, the key trick here is acting, don't worry, I will definitely let you learn before the movie starts. ”

"So fast?"

Yuan Baye nodded, he was very confident in this.

Hugh Jackman was quite pleased with the answer. He also picked up a pair of plastic claws, and used to train with stuntmen and martial arts instructors. And Levi and Yuan Baye, who were standing on the sidelines, were also watching them talk.

"Are you still used to it?" Levy asked.

"It's not the first time I've been filming in Hollywood. Nothing unaccustomed. Yuan Baye said with a smile.

"Didn't I say that you guys are used to living in Hollywood, I mean, you are used to combining martial arts moves with the fighting techniques that Westerners like?"

Levy's problem. made Yuan Baye's smile retract, this is his job, since the producer asked. Of course, he had to say, "It's not difficult. If you want to talk about the difference, that is, when we shoot, we pay more attention to the stretch of the body and the coherence of the action, while Hollywood pays more attention to the effect after playing, and it has to be real - these things are not difficult, Bruce Lee played them all in that era, and in Hong Kong, we played leftovers, and there is no big deal. ”

Yuan Baye's words were arrogant, and Levi nodded frequently when he heard it. What he said is indeed not wrong: although there is a big gap between Hong Kong movies and Hollywood in terms of playing style, after all, they have a very solid foundation. If they want to change their style and shoot other types of films, they just need to study it a little.

Yuan Baye is experienced enough in these aspects: from CCTV Water Margin to The Matrix, he has filmed a lot of different types of fights.

"So, you come to the action design, when the movie is filming the martial arts scene, I will also discuss it with the director and let you control it, can you see it?"

Hearing him say this, Levy made another request.

Nolan is not a director who takes action scenes very seriously, and he doesn't have his own opinions on fight scenes, and he won't direct. How to shoot to be able to shoot the feeling of battle, how to frame to highlight the muscles and people, these things, he is not familiar with.

There is a specialization in the art industry, and since Levi knows that he can't shoot well, he is also ready to let Yuan Baye command. In this regard, Yuan Baye is much stronger than him. It's just that these things divide the director's power, and you have to discuss it with the director when the time comes.

"Okay, if you can trust me, I'll definitely shoot for you." Yuan Baye didn't talk nonsense, nodded and agreed: he has this conceit, and others can't compare to him in this regard.

"Well, you can bother with it." Levi nodded, "I heard that in Hong Kong, martial arts movies are not very prosperous now, if you are not in a hurry to go back, then take more trouble here and shoot well, I will also help you develop your business, work here, and the pay will be higher." ”

Levi said casually, he didn't care too much, he thought that opening up business could also make Yuan Baye happy. But this sentence made Yuan Baye, who was beside him, sigh. Yuan Baye has not been going well in the past few years, he almost ran out of work in Hong Kong, went to the mainland to shoot the CCTV version of Water Margin, and then came to Hollywood, which can be regarded as making a name, and he can't help but sigh when he hears Levy mention the recession of Hong Kong movies-making money is certainly a good thing, but who is willing to leave home?

"What kung fu movies are you talking about, kung fu movies are no longer good. If you want to say it, compared to Bruce Lee's time, both routines and shooting techniques have improved a lot, and the movie shooting can be much better than before, but the kung fu movie is over......"

Hearing him talk about this, Levy also felt a lot. He still has a lot of feelings for Hong Kong kung fu films, and he feels sorry for Yuan Baye who left his hometown because of the complete depravity of kung fu films.

"Mr. Yuan, I don't know if Bruce Lee is a good martial arts master, but what I do know is that he is a good filmmaker. I don't know if his martial arts are really exaggerated, but at least. I've seen the films he directed, and he's pretty good at the use of the camera and the way he edits, and the pacing - I don't know martial arts, but he's a good director. Levi thought for a moment before he spoke, "And, it can be seen that he respects martial arts. Also respect the film. When he was interviewed, he admitted that he had to use a spring to jump over the wall, and that he could win against the Japanese with a katana in his hand, but he couldn't win in the movie, and these words were very true, at least his attitude was very good. ”

At this point, Yuan Baye couldn't say anything. Bruce Lee's strength is aside, but his attitude towards martial arts. At least very seriously, Levy's admiration, he couldn't say anything.

Although his own combat effectiveness may not be good, at least he doesn't brag indiscriminately. Be honest with the media. In his last movie, he fought the Lakers' center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, because he decided that if he really had a fighter of Abdul-Jabbar's size, he would never win. So he set up a weakness that Abdul-Jabbar fears when he sees the light in the movie, and through such weakness, rather than pure martial arts, he will win. This is out of respect for the principles of martial arts. When he shoots kung fu films, he doesn't go against the basic principles of martial arts. ”

"Respect for martial arts and cinema is a must for filmmaking. Why did Jackie Chan make it to Hollywood? Jackie Chan has never admitted that he is a martial artist, but he at least has this respect. If you look closely at Jackie Chan's movies, you will find that his fighting skills have changed. In the early days, he rarely used his head to dodge his opponents' attacks, but when he arrived in Hollywood, he learned the art of head dodging from boxing, and he began to use such moves - he actually took his own sharpening seriously, but rarely bragged about it. ”

Levy's words surprised Yuan Baye: he didn't expect that Levi observed so carefully.

"I don't know if martial arts can really do ten fights at a time, but I know that it is important to be rigorous when it comes to movies. Hong Kong has had Tsui Hark's so-called new martial arts films that don't need martial arts to direct, and there have been no kung fu films. When martial arts films no longer need real martial artists, but singing and digging coal, kung fu movies are equivalent to the end of the story. Yuan Baye, it's not anyone else who ruined Hong Kong movies, it's you. ”

Levy's statement was exchanged for a sigh. In fact, how could Yuan Baye not know about these? He has been in Hong Kong for so many years, and he knows very well about the impetuousness of Hong Kong people. With good enough stunts and cinematography, what they think about is not how to shoot a better movie, but how to play a little trick and fool the box office. The so-called new martial arts genre, isn't it just that Tsui Hark watched the martial arts instructor spend too much money? Their little genius was all spent cutting corners.

They succeeded, replacing the martial arts instructor with a wia, dynamite, and a wave of their sleeves to knock down a piece. The martial arts instructor began to have no food to eat, the Hongjia class was disbanded, the family formation class existed in name only, and the Yuan family class left for the country. However, what they photographed is not as good as it is year after year.

But do they really let them spend money to hire martial arts instructors again? It's impossible to kill them. Those little boyish guys simply know how to save money, and if you look at TVB, you know the characteristics of their work. Big investment in exchange for big returns? That's not the Hong Kong style.

The problem of Hong Kong people is not that they are incapable, but that they are not knowledgeable. With the unique conditions, they themselves can go to the road of death.

But this is also Levy's opportunity - if he can stay with Yuan Baye, it will also be a great thing for his film company. The Hong Kong movie is over, but what awaits these people is a bigger stage. (To be continued......)

PS: 70%-90% of the scenes are stand-ins, which is the proportion of stand-ins used in the CCTV version of Water Margin, which is also Yuan Heping's martial arts instruction work.